The City of Locust Grove provides Sanitation Service via contract service with a private waste collection company (Waste Management) that is required service for all Locust Grove Residents. We also use our Public Works employees for some collection with either missed service when our contracted collection can't make it or in special instances where code enforcement is involved (where customer or property owner may be billed for service). 

The dates listed below in Year 2025 is where trash collection will run one day behind throughout that week's collection period. This means if you have a Monday service, then your actual service day would be Tuesday. If Tuesday, then that Wednesday, etc..

• New Year's Day, January 1, 2025 - Wednesday
• Memorial Day, May 26, 2025 - Monday 
• Independence Day,  July 4, 2025 - Friday
• Labor Day, September 1, 2025 - Monday
• Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 2025 - Thursday
• Christmas Day, December 25, 2025 - Thursday
• New Year's Day, January 1, 2026 - Thursday

NOTE that should a holiday fall on a Sunday, then the schedule for that following week will not change unless otherwise instructed by our Collection Company.

In addition, the City Public Works Department offers Chipping and Leaf/Limb pickup throughout the year. 

Trash 

Sanitation Pickup Area Map

Curbside trash pick up is provided once weekly for residential dwellings and twice weekly for businesses. Waste Management (WM) will only empty one standard-sized cart that was provide by their company unless your household or business is paying for multiple carts. Furthermore, Waste Management has moved to a robotic arm for trash receptacle capture. Therefore, WM/Advanced Disposal will not be emptying personal cans or disposing of any other household garbage that is not placed INSIDE the WM Disposal cart. If you would like to purchase additional cart service, please contact City Hall at (770) 957-5043.

Bulk items (other items not covered in the Bulk Pickup list below), rubbish, and appliances (EXCEPT refrigerators) must be brought to the Rubbish Collection Station next to the Public Works Facility located at 104 Mose Brown Drive Wednesdays and Saturdays 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM. 

There is a fee for non-recyclable items at $20 per car/truckload and is for City Residents. 

Recycling

The recyclable items listed below may be disposed of at the Public Works Facility located at 100 Mose Brown Dr. Wednesday and Saturday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM of each week.

There is no charge for recycling.

The following items are accepted at the Recycling Center:

• Aluminum
• Plastics (No. 1 thru 7)
• Newspaper/paper/magazines/shredded paper (in bags), and cardboard
• NO GLASS

Yard Trimmings

There is a weekly route schedule that can be found by MAP or by STREET LIST.

Pick up of yard trash including large organic items such as tree limbs must be coordinated in advance by calling City Hall. All yard trash must be bagged or placed in some form of container. On the designated disposal day, residents are responsible for moving the items to curbside and ensuring that items are in small enough pieces (up to 8 inches in diameter) to be placed into a chipper.

Bulk Pickup (new procedure) 

For large items that will not fit in your can or cannot be disposed of through the City's contracted trash service, please call Locust Grove City Hall (770-957-5043) each Monday to be placed on the Bulk Pick-Up List.

Bulk items are collected on Thursdays and Fridays. If you are in need of bulk pick-up service.  

Please place bulk items out at the curb the day prior to the pickup, as they often start early the day of the pickup. Due to staffing, we now use a grappling claw to pick up bulk items and place into our vehicle. Please refrain from household trash or a bunch of loose, small items. 

Note that items NOT PERMITTED include:

• Auto/Truck Tires
• Paint (including empty paint cans)
• Pesticides
• Yard Trimmings (leaves and limbs pickup see above)
• Limit 4 items per call/service

Also, please be mindful of others when placing items out so that all can benefit from the pickup. Excessive amounts of bulk items placed at a single residence may not be fully serviced to be fair and equitable to all citizens. NOTE: if items are stacked in a manner that are beyond the weight limit for a person from the disposal company to lift, then items will be left. This weight limit is generally between 50 pounds and is based on the total amount of the container holding the debris/trash.